Two hundred years ago, a young woman staying in a chalet in Switzerland, after an evening of ghost stories shared with friends and lovers, had a frightening dream. That dream became the seed that inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a tale of galvanism, philosophy, and the re-animated dead. Today, Frankenstein has become a modern myth without rival, influencing countless works of fiction, music, and film. We all know Frankenstein. But how much do we really know about Frankenstein?

This October, Word Horde will be publishing Eternal Frankenstein, an anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart, paying tribute to Mary, her Monster, and exploring their entwined legacy.

Today, on the bicentennial anniversary of Mary Shelley’s dream, we reveal the cover to Eternal Frankenstein (Cover Design by Matthew Revert):

“Corpsepaint is a bleak descent into the romance of drugs, decay, the occult, and black metal. This one will stay with you like the voice of a choir singing from the surface of long dead distant planets.” –Christopher Slatsky, author of Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales pic.twitter.com/rxDG63ERUE

Bittersweet to see David Peak’s Corpsepaint as one of the Grim Reader’s top books of 2018, as @AdrianShotbolt announces his retirement from reviewing. Good luck, Adrian, and thanks! \m/ twitter.com/AdrianShotbolt…

“Nadia Bulkin writes prose like a scalpel, deftly slicing to the beating hearts of her characters and the dilemmas they confront. […] As substantial a debut as I’ve seen, and highly recommended.” —John Langan, author of The Fisherman pic.twitter.com/t90ETDRfhW

“At the heart of Guignol & Other Sardonic Tales is a monster, and it might just be us. The real question is, are you willing to pay the price to find out?” —Maxwell Malone, Heavy Feather Review heavyfeatherreview.org/2018/1…